If you want the raw numbers:
Skill Check Probabilities
Skill Check Probabilities
I got curious about the probabilities of success using the skill check system described by ToniXX and used in some of the games here. Here's a chart of the likelihood of success for each attribute value under a d20, 2d6, 3d6, 4d6, and 5d6 ability check:
For example, a character with an attribute of 12 will always succeed against a 2d6 check (obviously), has a 60% chance of passing a d20 check, and only about a 10% chance of succeeding against a 5d6 check.
If you want the raw numbers:
The professors in my Ph.D. program would give me grief for using a line chart to represent discrete probabilities, and I feel a little unclean for doing so, but it's a lot easier to read than a clustered bar chart.
If you want the raw numbers:
Re: Skill Check Probabilities
Charts work for me... I did the same thing a few times based on probability of winning a fight at various ACs.
Dandelion - female half-orc beautyqueen in training (The Lone City in the Wildlands) OSRIC
Halfpint - female halfling badgirl wannabe (Lab Lord- The North Marches) LL
Mark'd - charismatic human fighter (Lab Lord- The North Marches) LL
Halfpint - female halfling badgirl wannabe (Lab Lord- The North Marches) LL
Mark'd - charismatic human fighter (Lab Lord- The North Marches) LL
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Re: Skill Check Probabilities
Nice graph! I have a similar table that helps me decide which level of skill check to use.
<rant>It drives me nuts when academics get dogmatic about this sort of thing. The purpose of graphs is to communicate data/information in a digestible format. With five separate conditions, this graph is the best way to clearly show that information...the lines "guide the eye."</rant>Zhym wrote: The professors in my Ph.D. program would give me grief for using a line chart to represent discrete probabilities, and I feel a little unclean for doing so, but it's a lot easier to read than a clustered bar chart.
Re: Skill Check Probabilities
Nice graph.
Does anyone know if the Unseen Servant Dice Roller, for example, determines 4d6 as a random number from 4-24 or does it roll (4) 1d6 and then add them together?
Does anyone know if the Unseen Servant Dice Roller, for example, determines 4d6 as a random number from 4-24 or does it roll (4) 1d6 and then add them together?
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Based on the output from those types of rolls, I'm virtually certain it does the latter (which is what it should do...)
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Norjax wrote:Does anyone know if the Unseen Servant Dice Roller, for example, determines 4d6 as a random number from 4-24 or does it roll (4) 1d6 and then add them together?
It rolls individual dice then adds them together.AleBelly wrote:Based on the output from those types of rolls, I'm virtually certain it does the latter (which is what it should do...)
Good analysis of the skill check method, Zhym.
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Correct, thanks. I wasn't sure if the above results were from the die roller.AleBelly wrote:Based on the output from those types of rolls, I'm virtually certain it does the latter (which is what it should do...)
Good. Thank you.ToniXX wrote:It rolls individual dice then adds them together.